Can't decide if I should transfer it do another ER

Moho17

Posted 04/25/2015

Hi guys! As many of you know my last ER was a shit show. If not I'll catch you up to speed quickly.

My AFC sucks- it's been stuck at 1 for seven months. I did all sorts of crazy 💩 and got it up to five. I was psyched. My follies measured at trigger 19,19.5,20,10 and 11.5 with an e2 of 1070. We assumed we would get three mature eggs. Wrong!!!! My trigger was too weak and only one was able to be retrieved. The others were stuck.

So now I have three day three embryos- 7B,7B and 9B. Not too shabby. I know there is no way of knowing if they are genetically normal so save me the doom and gloom statistics. I know them.

My question is would you roll the dice and transfer or do another ER? My problem is my AMH is so low that if only one sticks and I get a thb, I won't have the AFC to do Ivf again in a year. We really want two children, but o guess at this point beggars can't be choosers. This is the reason we were banking embryos.

I know none of you have crystal ball. I'm just looking for guidance. I'm so torn and it's killing me. I thought I was done with ER process, the copious vitamins, castor oil packs and dietary restrictions and I might not be.

Thanks for reading my rambling post. I don't ever proofread so hopefully I don't have too many mistakes. 💗

Comments (11)

My vote may not count because I've never been through retrieval so I don't know how hard it is but..

I think you should do another retrieval. You worked so hard. You did all the cleansing and crazy shit. I really think you deserve another shot. Especially because your numbers were SO (significant other) good last time and the doctor fucked it up.

If it was me, I would do another mini because I had the exact same thought: if one or two of your embies sticks, which they most likely will bc they are high quality, you will lose another year. Then what if the leftover emby doesnt survive thaw or stick? If you are open to adoption or donor eggs (very $$ options) for your next babies, then go forward with transfer. If you're not ok with those options, think about spending a lot less for one more round of mini. I feel like with DOR you have to strike while the iron is hot. Whatever you choose is the riht choice though. I believe that either way you will get your THB. ☺️

I guess my opinion is not the norm (as usual lol) but I would do the transfer if I were you. You have 3 good embryos! Give it a shot. You might get your 2 children out of it anyway. I'll be hoping for you

Would you transfer 1 or 2? If your plan is to transfer 2 at a time this time and next for #2 then I say try to get one more frostie, just in case. But if you plan to transfer 1 at a time then I say transfer now.

I don't mean to be gloom & doom but in a year you could be headed towards menopause, freezing embryos keeps them at your current age. Or you could end up needing to use all 3 frosties to get #1.

^ I generally take the most pessimistic approach with things, makes it easier for me to deal with. You've already prepped your body with months of work to bump up your follies, the sucess from that won't be limited to just one cycle so I say go for another transfer.

this is all assuming you're ok spending the money to do another fresh cycle.

If it were me, I would do one more mini round do get a few more(hopefully) embryos. I would want enough that I felt as sure as I could that I would get a THB. I can't remember who said it but I agree with keeping them at the age you are now. Also, it the problem was just the trigger, you should have a better retrieval next time.

Are you paying oop? If you have insurance, I would do another ER. Are there other clinics near you? Would you get another opinion? If you do another ER and have 2-3 Embryos, will they grow them to day 5?

Would you transfer 1 or 2? If your plan is to transfer 2 at a time this time ...

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04/25/2015

Would you transfer 1 or 2? If your plan is to transfer 2 at a time this time and next for #2 then I say try to get one more frostie, just in case. But if you plan to transfer 1 at a time then I say transfer now.

I don't mean to be gloom & doom but in a year you could be headed towards menopause, freezing embryos keeps them at your current age. Or you could end up needing to use all 3 frosties to get #1.

^ I generally take the most pessimistic approach with things, makes it easier for me to deal with. You've already prepped your body with months of work to bump up your follies, the sucess from that won't be limited to just one cycle so I say go for another transfer.

this is all assuming you're ok spending the money to do another fresh cycle.

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